Revised, edited, and modified on July 26, 2006.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. What did you expect? I'm still young ya know. Who knows, I might own all of InuYasha one day! So quit being mean to me!

PG-13

-AU- Kagome and Sesshoumaru hate each other, although they may look like the perfect couple. After InuYasha breaks up with Kagome for Kikyou, she decides it's time for a little revenge. SessKag

A S i n g l e S p a r k

Chapter 2

When You Were Gone

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Sesshoumaru was not the type to lie on his bed and just think about things. He didn't listen to music that expressed his moods or talk to anyone about what he was thinking about. He always kept to himself. That was just how he was. There was no point in changing yourself to impress other people. Especially when people liked you the way you were. Sesshoumaru didn't care what anyone else thought, and people definitely responded to that. He sat at his desk and did his homework while thinking. Unlike other people, he could do multiple tasks at a time. He was a multi-tasker. Who was she? And why the hell did she reside in his mind? Normally no one, not even his family, resided in his mind this long.

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Now, Kagome, on the other hand, was just the type of person who listened to music, lie on her bed, and talk to someone about what was on her mind. Kagome was through with crying, and she had had just about enough of InuYasha's stupid tricks. She thought he loved her. Everything she had thought about him wasn't true-- at least, not anymore.

"Kagome, are you okay?" Sango asked. Sango Murakami was her roommate, and they shared everything.

"I'm fine. Don't worry," Kagome assured her.

"Who said I was worried? I was just...making sure you were okay because you look so depressed. You never look like this anymore since you have InuYasha," Sango said. Kagome frowned and said, "That's just it. He broke up with me."

That was only half the problem. The other half was the fact that Sesshoumaru had mistaken her for Kikyou and that she was now fixated on him.

Sango looked sympathetic, but immediately changed that. She'd try the tough girl approach. If it didn't make her feel better, it would at least make her laugh a little.

"Look, you can get over it. Just think of it as you dumping him instead and you'll feel better," Sango advised. Sango's advice always worked.

"No thanks, Sango. Although that is a wonderful fantasy, I don't really want to do that."

Sango shrugged and wisely changed the subject. "So do you want to go to this party off-campus? It's at Kagura's place. Or rather, her father's place..."

Kagome hesitated before answering. What would happen if InuYasha were there? Shaking these thoughts out of her head, she agreed. She couldn't hide from InuYasha forever. Besides, if he were there, she'd find some way to get back at him. To get revenge for this stabbing pain in her heart.

"Sure, but since when are you friends with THE Kagura Hiroi? According to you, she's one of those I'm-better-than-you-oh-Puhlease-I'm-on-a-diet-low-fat-only girls."

Other than that, she was also one of Kikyou's friends.

"Eh, she's not so bad. As long as she hosts parties, I'm her friend. Hell, she could be friends with a murderer, and I wouldn't care!" /1/

Kagome stifled a laugh and nodded. Now, the smallest problem was…what to wear?

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InuYasha stayed in a bar that was open all night and day /2/ instead of finding a friend's place to stay. They didn't mind if people slept on the couches. It was a Thursday, and tomorrow was a big teacher's meeting or something. No school. So it was kind of like a Friday. No one with half a mind would have stayed home.

His gaze was on his drink, which was bubbling over. He took a big sip and decided not to finish it. No point in getting drunk in a bar where who knows what could happen. That was when he saw her.

That was when Kikyou walked in. He was surprised to find a girl like her in a place like this, and it must have shown because she walked over to him. She usually came to bars every night, but he just never went to them enough to find out. He was usually with Kagome.

"Hey, you're InuYasha, right?" she practically purred.

"Yea, I've heard about you. Kikyou Takeda?" He said this all not as roughly as normal, trying to act smooth even though he was nervous as hell.

Kikyou froze. What had he heard about her? If he had heard the rumors, then she had no chance of even a little conversation, let alone than going to Kagura's party with him.

"So, what have you heard?" she asked, hiding her anxiousness.

"Some things," InuYasha answered. Sensing her fear, he added, "Not many bad things. Unless there are some that I should know about...?"

She shook her head quickly and smiled that pearly white grin of hers. She had snagged him and wasn't going to let go for as long as she could.

"So, would you like to go to a party with me?" she asked. Her hair was sprawled over her shoulders and her tank top strap was slowly slipping off her shoulder.

Of course, InuYasha accepted. He smirked. Acting like Sesshoumaru had actually paid off! No wonder all the girls fell for him! However, he wasn't going to admit that to Sesshoumaru's face anytime soon.

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Sesshoumaru had finished his homework around 5 pm. Nothing to do at all. He glanced at a glittery invitation he had received on his desk. He didn't bother to open it earlier but decided to now. Nothing else to do, right?

SeSsHoUmArU,

u r iNvItEd 2 mAi pArTy. vEri ExClUsIvE.

wE'rE gOiNg To HaV DaNcInG n ALL dAt crAp. eVeRY1 WhO'S n E 1 WiLL bE DErE.

HoPe 2 C U DeRe

KaGuRa

xoxo

hUgS N kiSsEs

Frowning deeply, he stuffed the invitation into his pocket. It wasn't going to be very interesting, but he had nothing better to do.

Looking down at what he was wearing, he was as stoic as ever. Why dress up? It was just another party with dancing people, and, oh yea, don't forget, the people in closets and rooms, making out or worse.

He knew that everyone was going to be there. He didn't like crowded places, but that was the price you had to pay sometimes. And maybe, just maybe, that girl would be there.

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It was already dark, and the party probably wasn't going to stop until the cops came. Kagome decided to wear something that was pretty nice, but not too nice. She wanted to be noticed.

"Sango! I really don't want to wear that," Kagome whined.

She was trying to look away from the clothes on her bed that Sango had picked out for her. Now, Sango wasn't the big fashion expert like some other people, but she knew what 'nice' was.

"C'mon. InuYasha dumped you, right? Therefore, you'll be looking for another guy. This'll help!"
Slowly and hesitantly, Kagome picked up the clothes. They looked a little too revealing to her, but Sango insisted.

Kagome sighed and decided to give it a try. Who knew? By the end of the night, all the guys in school would be falling for her, if they hadn't already.

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InuYasha walked into the huge house and thought Kagura obviously knew how to live in style. It was decorated with chandeliers everywhere and made everything look elegant but then...looks were deceiving.

There were people jumping in and out of the pool and kissing in the hot tub. People were dancing as if they were in a club, and people were making out in the dark corners of the room.

A lot of the rooms were locked because some people were in there...doing things that InuYasha did not want to think about at all.

"Inu-chan! Let's dance," Kikyou encouraged, wanting to show off her new boyfriend. Smirking, InuYasha walked to the dance floor, with Kikyou dragging him. Was dumping Kagome for Kikyou really worth it?

Kikyou started to dance, and InuYasha was convinced. It was worth it. At least, that's what he thought.

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Sesshoumaru arrived at the party and had his emotionless mask on. Nearly everyone in school was here. Everyone except the geeks and dorks.

He looked around and saw that there was a small bar on the side of the dance floor. Walking over, he noticed that InuYasha had found himself a worthy girlfriend. They belong together, he thought. He ordered a drink and noticed the huge sign.

No one who has gotten an invitation needs to pay.

Show the invite and it's all on me!

-Kagura

(this is for all you party crashers here)

Slightly smiling (not that anyone could notice), Sesshoumaru showed the bartender his invite and drank his nice alcoholic beverage in peace. Underage drinking was never a problem in this school.

He decided to just sit there the whole time and do nothing, but that was before Kagome and Sango walked in. Now his whole plan had changed. /3/

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Kagome noticed the stares she had gotten and tried to ignore them; she was feeling very self-conscious. Sango was smiling and whispered an 'I told you so' to her every time someone looked over at them. Guys looked away from their girlfriends and started to stare.

She was wearing a dark green halter-top. According to Kagome, it was too revealing. Sango however, thought it was perfect. She also wore tight low-rise black pants that flared at the bottom.

There was a lot of makeup that Sango had helped Kagome put on, and it actually looked natural. She had pink lip gloss and a light brown eye shadow. Her hair was twisted into a bun held up by chopsticks with artful designs at the very tip. There were strands left out on purpose, framing her face nicely.

InuYasha didn't know what everyone was staring at and looked in the direction they were looking in. There was an extremely shocked look on his face. Kagome. A lot of the guys that were with their girlfriends got hit on the head and other things for looking at Kagome. Miroku had shown up a little after Kagome did and he looked very...pleased.

"Kagome-sama? Is that you?" he asked, sounding shocked and very happy at the same time.

"Yea, it's me. What's wrong?"

"I would ask you to dance if only InuYasha wasn't your boyfriend..." he immediately sounded disappointed.

"Well, he's not. He broke up with me just today. I'm over him," she said, acting as if she really was.

Every guy had heard what she had declared. InuYasha, the overprotective boyfriend, wasn't with her anymore? Almost instantly, all the guys rushed towards Kagome. Even the ones with girlfriends.

Backing up slowly, Kagome glared at Sango.

"'Sure, get all the attention, it'll be great...,'" she mocked. "Help me!"

Sango led Kagome out of the mob and towards the bar.

"Safe...," Sango breathed.

Kagome smiled, ordered a drink, and got it instantly. She was going to pay when someone said, "She's with me."

The bartender went away. She turned around to thank that person but froze when she saw it was Sesshoumaru. Sango had left to talk with her other friends and Kagome was left alone with him.

"Eh...thanks," she managed to blurt out.

Under his gaze, Kagome felt helpless. She couldn't move a muscle.

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/1/ By this, she means that if Kagura had got hurt, Sango wouldn't care in the least.

/2/ I sorta made this up. I'm not sure if it's real or whatever but oh well.

/3/ He doesn't know their names but I'm just writing that because it would be easier for you peoples to understand.

I also just realized that they are all too young to be drinking but eh, it is my fic, ne? lol

Cliffhanger! Sorry! Now I have to go. I'm sick so I need my rest. I also got rid of the review responses because I heard that if you have review responses, your fic would get removed. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I really appreciate it!